Category Archives: program

The Toronto CN Tower turns 40

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, June 15, 2016 Robert C. Lansdale: Visual History of the CN Tower Construction. The CN Tower is one of our proudest landmarks but Canadians treat it with little fanfare. Other countries are quick to boast about their special … Continue reading →

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The First Bicycles in 3D – Contemporary Velocipede Images of the 1860-70s

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, May 18, 2016 Lorne Shields: The First Bicycles in 3D – Contemporary Velocipede Images of the 1860-70s Lorne Shields, of Thornhill, ON, has been an avid collector and researcher of early bicycling history for almost 50 … Continue reading →

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PHSC’s Three for Spring Bookmark

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Journal editor Bob Lansdale came up with a bookmark to remind everyone of the speakers onboard for this spring. Each speaker will be at our Toronto meeting held the third Wednesday of each month. Click the icon at left … Continue reading →

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Touring our European War Memorials and Cemeteries

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, April 20, 2016 Tom Bochsler: Our European War Memorials and Cemeteries Our April meeting is traditionally our annual business meeting. In addition we will have the pleasure of hosting photographer Tom Bochsler. Tom is a retired industrial … Continue reading →

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Review of Heckman’s Canadian Pacific

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Robert

This is my review of Ralph Beaumont’s talk on Heckman and his CPR images. Unless otherwise noted the images used are courtesy of Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives. Bob Lansdale, Clint, and I met with January’s speaker Ralph Beaumont and his … Continue reading →

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Not Just the Paris Portraits (Berenice Abbott)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, March 16, 2016 Elizabeth Larew: Preserving Berenice Abbott’s glass plate negatives Ms Larew was one of the recipients of the PHSC Thesis award at Ryerson last fall. Currently she is a collections cataloger at Princeton University. She … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Ryerson Image Centre and Library (Special Collections)

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 Alison Skyrme: A Visit to Ryerson ** NEW LOCATION for THIS MONTH ** Alison Skyrme of Ryerson will host PHSC members for the February meeting. The group will meet at 7:30 pm on Wednesday February … Continue reading →

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Heckman’s Canadian Pacific: A Photographic Journey

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, January 20, 2016 Ralph Beaumont: Heckman’s Canadian Pacific  Author Ralph Beaumont takes us on a photographic journey into the visual history of this country’s first transcontinental railroad, in his new book on the CPR’s pioneering photographer. From … Continue reading →

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2015 Show and Tell Night

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. We had a wonderful time at the Show and Tell session this year. The event started with a bang when Clint rushed in like a hurricane and quickly set up the silent auction and ranked the presenters for the night. … Continue reading →

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A Night at the MIA

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. A recent PHSC donation was made to the Museum of Inuit Art (MIA) to help it bring down south the results of youth photography in Canada’s far north. The north west of our country has spotty internet at best so … Continue reading →

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